Jean-Jacques Ruest, CN executive vice-president and chief marketing
officer, said: "The Joliet-Will County area of greater Chicago has one
of the highest concentrations of distribution centers in the United
States. With a new intermodal ramp for container traffic at our Joliet
Yard, CN will offer importers and exporters improved access to this
vital trade hub with the fastest combined ocean and rail transit times
from and to Asia via the ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert, B.C.

"CN expects to offer daily west coast service starting in June 2013,
with transit times of approximately 100 hours between the west coast
and Joliet."

The full-service intermodal ramp will efficiently accommodate the
transfer of containers between rail and truck. A grain transloading
facility will also operate at the site to support export opportunities.

CN is the only railroad directly linking all three coasts to the Greater
Chicago area distribution centers, including vessel calls originating
in Europe, Asia and South America.

Ruest said: "CN's Joliet intermodal terminal is another example of how
we are giving our customers improved supply chain efficiencies and
better access to global markets."

CN - Canadian National Railway Company and its operating railway
subsidiaries - spans Canada and mid-America, from the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans to the Gulf of Mexico, serving the ports of Vancouver,
Prince Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala.,
and the key metropolitan areas of Toronto, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit,
Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis., Green Bay, Wis., Minneapolis/St. Paul,
Memphis, and Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North
America. For more information on CN, visit the company's website at www.cn.ca.

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Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and under Canadian
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"Management's Discussion and Analysis" in CN's annual and interim
reports, Annual Information Form and Form 40-F filed with Canadian and
U.S. securities regulators, available on CN's website, for a summary of
major risks.

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